Mount.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

E. S. CHENEY.

MOUNT. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24.1905.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.`

Patented April e, 190e.

Application filed July 24, 1905. Serial No. 271,021.

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Be it known that I, EsToN S. CHENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mounts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mounts and mats for photographsand the like.

The object of the present invention is to cheapen the construction ofmounts and mats wherein a beveled-edge effect is desired.

In my prior patent, N o. 774,414, dated N ovember 8, 1904, I havedescribed and claimed an improved mount designed to take the place ofthe ordinary cut bevel mount or mat.

I purpose new to produce either an inside or outside bevel effect, orboth, without hav ing to do any actual beveling whatever, but simply byproviding suitably-spaced straight edge guides over which an appropriatesurface sheet is stretched and secured at the edges to or at the back ofthe undermost guide.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts, as

this sheet is stretched.

hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, in whichh Figure l is a plan view of a finishedmount. Fig. 2 is a plan. view of a surface sheet. F ig. 3 is alongitudinal section of a mount, showing backing-sheet detached from oneend of mat. F ig. 4 is a section of mount, showing a slightly-modifiedform of mat construction.

The mat includes, essentially, a surface sheet A and a filler or frame2, over which If desired, a backing 3 may be provided. frame 2 and themethod of stretching the sheet A over the frame are the main features.The frame is preferably built up of aplural- I ity of thicknesses of thecheapest cardboard and comprises at least a top sheet and a bottomsheet, (respectively designated as 2 221;) but there may be as manyintermediate sheets as desired, according to the required thickness ofthe mat. The several sheets of the constructed frame are suitablysecured together by glue or other means. All the sheets have a centralcut-out portion corresponding to the space in which the picture is tofit; but where an inside bevel effect is wanted the opening in thebottom sheet is The construction of they of a bevel is not only adifficult thing to do well, but it is expensive. I have discovered thatby taking two comparatively thin but sui'liciently stifl1 pieces ofcheap cardboard and cutting a hole in each, with the hole in one alittle larger than the hole in the other, to produce two sheets, asherein designated, respectively, as 2 2a, and cutting the holes so as toform suitable straight unbeveled edges I can produce a most perfectbevel effect by laying a suitably-perforated surface sheet, as A, overthe sheet 2 or the one with the larger hole, and stretching the inneredges of the surface sheet over the inner edges of the two sheets 2 2awhen they are laid one on the other. The surface sheet A is of anyappropriate design, color, or quality of paper, wood veneer, or thelike, so as to be easily bendable. It has a central opening 4 ofconsiderably less area than the desired mat-opening and is slasheddiagonally at the corners from the opening side, as at 5, to allow theside and end portions or flaps 6 7 to be turned ur.- der and drawn tautover the frame 2. A border portion 8 proximate to the side and end fiaps6 7 extends clear around the opening 4 and corresponds to the beveledpart of the finished mat or mount of Fig. l, and which part in thefinished mount or mat is unsupported except at the top and bottom edges,where it is bent over the respective top Aand bottom layers 2 2a of theframe. This bevel part 8 may be tinted or colored different from therest of the mat, if desired. The surface sheet is generally secured inposition by pasting its outside edges and the ed ges of the flaps 6 7 totheunder side of the piece 2a. Where an outside bevel effect is wanted,the bottom layer 2a of the frame is simply made longer and wider thanthe top layer vand such intermediate layers as may be used and thesurface sheet bent over the frame, as before described. This outsidebevel part 9 of sheet A may also be tinted or colored in contrast toless than in the top or in the intermediate l the rest ofthe mat toheighten the artistic ef- ICO ITO

fect. At least two separate sheets or thickness of board are necessaryto form the frame 2. Where an inside bevel effect is desired, the holein one board must be smaller than the hole in the other. If an outsidebevel effect is wanted, the top board is shorter and narrower than thebottom one. Each board and the hole in each board may be cut withperfectly straight up-and-down edges. Cutting of this sort is very muchcheaper and quicker than cutting on bevels. To cut a perfect bevelrequires considerable skill and takes time. l/Vhen the surface sheet isstretched and secured in the manner described, the bevel portions 8 9are practically unsupportedbetween the top edge of the top sheet and thebottom edge of the bottom sheet. The effect of beveling is thus producedwithout any actual beveling whatever. A mount is made by simply securingthis mat to a backing-sheet 3 of the same size as the under side of themat or sheet 2a. Sometimes the backing-sheet may be simply pasted orhinged at one end or side as they come from the factory, which allows aprint or picture of a size larger than the mat-opening to be slipped inbetween' the mat and backing, properly centered, pasted to the backing,and then pasting the mat permanently down on the backing along thepreviously-unsealed sides. This obviates trimming of the print andproduces a true passe-partout effect. On the other hand, the mount maybe supplied with the mat firmly secured on all sides to the backing. Inthis case the picture is trimmed and secured in the beveled depressionin the usual manner.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the specificconstruction as herein shown and described, for such modifications ofsaid specific construction may be made as will fall within the scope ofmy claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A mat comprising top and bottom unbeveled perforated layers ofrelatively stiff material, the perforation in one layer being largerthan the perforation in the other, and an open-center surface sheetstretched over the top layer and over the inner edges of the two layers,said surface sheet having its edges suitably secured underneath thebottom sheet.

2. A mat comprisin a plurality of perforated relatively stiif s eetslaid one on the other, the perforation in the lowermost sheet having asmaller diameter than the perforation in the topmost sheet, and aperforated surface sheet having inwardly projecting side and end flapportionssubstantially as described, laid over the topmost sheet andhaving its outside edges suitably anchored, said side and end flapportions being stretched over the inside edges of said first-namedsheets and secured beneath the undermost one.

8. A mat comprising top and bottom perforated boards, the perforation inthe bottom board being smaller than the perforation in the top board,and a perforated surface sheet stretched across the top board and overthe inside edges of the two boards and beneath the bottom board andsecured thereto, the portion of said surface sheet forming the walls ofthe mat-opening presenting abevel appearance.

4. A mat comprising top and bottom perforated boards, the perforation inthe bottoni board being smaller than the perforation in the top board,and a perforated surface sheet stretched across the top board and overthe inside edges of the two boards and beneath the bottom board andsecured thereto, the portion of said surface sheet forming the walls ofthe mat-opening presenting a bevel appearance, and said bevel portionbeing unsupported between the top edge of the top board and the bottomedge of the bottom board.

5. A mat comprising top and bottom perforated boards, thebottom boardbeinglonger and wider than the top board, and a perforated surface sheetlonger and wider than either of said boards and having its perforationscorresponding in shape to but smaller than the perforations in saidboards, said surface sheet cut diagonally at its inside corners to formside and end iiaps, said surface sheet being stretched across thetopmost board and over both the outside and inside edges of both boardsand secured underneath the bottom board.

6. A new article of manufacture comprising a mat formed of perforatedupper and lower boards, the perforation in the lower board being smallerthan the perforation in the top board, a perforated surface sheetstretched over the top board and around the inside edgesA of the boardsand secured therebeneath, and a backing-sheet to which said mat isaffixed.

7. A new article of manufacture comprising a mat formed of perforatedupper and lower boards, the perforation in the lower board being smallerthan the perforation in the top board, a perforated surface sheetstretched over the top board and around the inside edges of the twoboards and secured therebeneath, and a backing-sheet hinged to the underside of the mat and adapted to permit the insertion of a print or thelike between the backing and mat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ESTON S. CHENEY.

IVitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, D. B. RICHARD1 IOGv IIO

